north end, Medicine Bow Mountains: Albian, Wyoming
collected by W. H. Reed
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ichthyosauria
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Ichthyosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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2 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 106.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 62.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Benton Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally described as Campanian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | W. H. Reed |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105719 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-24 09:01:14 | Last modified: | 2021-10-13 10:49:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-24 09:01:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35294. | J. C. Merriam. 1905. The occurrence of ichthyosaur-like remains in the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22(568):640-641 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 43183 | N. Bardet. 1992. Stratigraphic evidence for the extinction of the ichthyosaurs. Terra Nova 4:649-656 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |